With the Lunar Festival just coming to a close, already another holiday has come along full of festivities (and achievements) to keep us busy! 2009's Love is in the Air event, an in-game Valentine's Day of sorts, runs from February 11 - February 16, a mere six days (less, technically) to take in all there is and finish as many of the new achievements as possible! Spread the love to the citizens of your faction and score some candy, fireworks, a new dress or suit, or even a non-combat pet! Be a pro achiever and come out with a new player title - the Love Fool!

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Quests

Horde Quests

Dearest Elenia, (Orgrimmar | Undercity | Thunder Bluff)Start:Orok Deathbane or Deathguard Tor or Temma of the WellsEnd:Elenia HaydonThis quest can be started at any of the three major faction cities listed above. It does not matter which place you start it at, but you will only be able to complete one of the three quests per character. There is essentially no difference in the quests. Just accept one of the quests from a love-struck NPC found in one of the cities and deliver the letter declaring his love to the (apparently extremely attractive) Elenia Haydon located near the bank in Undercity. This quest technically leads to another quest, but is not a prerequisite and cannot be completed if the next quest has already been accepted.

L'origine rivelataStart:Mara RennickEnd:Apothecary Staffron LerentNow for a bit of real travel! Mara Rennick wants you to find Apothecary Staffron Lerent out in the Hillsbrad Foothills, just past Ravenholdt Manor. Non-rogues may not be familiar with the area; the 'entrance' to the path up into the mountains can be found at around , just southeast from Tarren Mill. There you will see a path that zig-zags up the hill, and thru a cave eventually leading to Ravenholdt Manor. Once you have reached the manor, head right, past the farm and what appears to be a small sparring ring up a the hill - this is where it gets a little weird. Follow the short path into Alterac Mountains until you reach a small cliff, drop down carefully and head left following the green path on the minimap until you end up at the cauldron.

Alliance Quests

Dearest Colara, (Ironforge | Stormwind City | Darnassus)Start:Tormek Stoneriver or Lieutenant Jocryn Heldric or Aldris FourcloudsEnd:Colara DeanThis quest can be started at any of the three major faction cities listed above. It does not matter which place you start it at, but you will only be able to complete one of the three quests per character. There is essentially no difference in the quests. Just accept one of the quests from a love-struck NPC found in one of the cities and deliver the letter declaring his love to Colara Dean located in the Trade District of Stormwind City. This quest technically leads to another quest, but is not a prerequisite and cannot be completed if the next quest has already been accepted.

L'origine rivelataStart:Evert SorisamEnd:Apothecary Staffron LerentNow for a bit of real travel! Evert Sorisam wants you to find Apothecary Staffron Lerent out in the Hillsbrad Foothills, just past Ravenholdt Manor. Non-rogues may not be familiar with the area; the 'entrance' to the path up into the mountains can be found at around , just southeast from Tarren Mill. There you will see a path that zig-zags up the hill, and thru a cave eventually leading to Ravenholdt Manor. Once you have reached the manor, head right, past the farm and what appears to be a small sparring ring up a the hill - this is where it gets a little weird. Follow the short path into Alterac Mountains until you reach a small cliff, drop down carefully and head left following the green path on the minimap until you end up at the cauldron.

Spread The Love!

Love is certainly in the air, as NPCs throughout the major cities are "looking for love" - that is, they will have hearts above their heads to signify that they can be shown affection. To do so, simply speak to an Innkeeper NPC and purchase a stack of Emblema d'Amore, and your choice of either Boccetta di Profumo or Boccetta di Colonia. Upon using your choice of fragrance, you will gain a buff (You smell great!) that lasts for an hour and allows you to see hearts above lovestruck NPCs throughout the major cities. You can share the love with any NPC with a heart by giving them a Emblema d'Amore. Note that if you used Acqua di Colonia you will only be able to interact with female NPCs, and if you used Profumo you will only be able to interact with male NPCs - your character's gender is irrelevant. Upon giving an NPC a Emblema d'Amore, you will become either Adorato or Cuore Infranto - love is not always kind!

If your character currently has no debuff, you will receive a Pledge of Adoration or a Gift of Adoration. Pledges of Adoration are received from guard NPCs, and Gifts of Adoration are received from any non-guard NPC that can be shown love. You will also gain the 'Adored' debuff which will last for one hour, during which you cannot obtain Pledges of Adoration or Gifts of Adoration. The 'Adored' debuff cannot be removed in any way other than progression of its duration.

If your character is already Adored (that is, you already had the 'Adored' debuff), you will instead receive a Pledge of Friendship or a Gift of Friendship. Pledges of Friendship are received from guard NPCs, and Gifts of Friendship are received from any non-guard NPC that can be shown love. This will not not affect the duration of 'Adored' in any way. You will be able to obtain Gifts of Friendship and Pledge of Friendship for the duration of the debuff, but you will only be able to receive a Pledge of Adoration or Gift of Adoration once every 60 minutes. The difference is in the contents of the pledges/gifts (which are detailed in the next section).

Sometimes, if the NPC you gave a Emblema d'Amore to is a big meaniehead, he can choose to decline your profession of love and you will receive no pledge/gift and instead will become afflicted with the 'Cuore Infranto' debuff. This debuff will prevent you from giving Emblema d'Amore to NPCs for 60 minutes or until removed. The debuff can be removed by another player by using an Braccialetti dell'Amicizia on a Cuore Infranto character. These bracelets can be obtained randomly from Pledges of Adoration or Gifts of Adoration, which typically contain 2-4 bracelets. The 'cured' player will receive a Braccialetto dell'Amicizia, which is just a common quality item with a somewhat misleading description since there's a very high chance most of them will come from total strangers, but whatever.

Pledges and Gifts of Adoration

Pledges and Gifts of Adoration can only be obtained once every 60 minutes, as your character will receive the 'Adored' debuff upon receiving one. Pledges of Adoration are obtained from guard NPCs and Gifts of Adoration are obtained from non-guard NPCs. Pledges and Gifts of Adoration contain an assortment of items unique to the event.

Pazzo d'Amore - These unlucky little guys work like the target dummies created by engineers. The Love Fool will taunt enemy mobs and probably die shortly afterwards.

Freccia Argentata - This item can be used to shoot a player to make Kwee Q. Peddlefeet follow him around as a non-combat pet. Currently, if you cancel casting the 'shooting' spell the targeted player will still gain Peddlefeet and it will still count towards the Shafted! achievement, but it will not actually consume the item.

Sacchetto di Caramelle Cuoricino - This item can be used once per minute to create a heart candy with a loving message 'made by' your character. Not only do they make great gifts, but creating each of the different candies is a requirement for the achievement Be Mine!

Cestino da Picnic Romantico - This permanent item can be used to place down a rug, picnic basket, and umbrella. Players can sit around and 'use' the basket to gain the 'Romantic Picnic' buff which is purely cosmetic and places a heart above the player's head whenever someone joins you for a romantic meal.

Vestito Amoroso Nero - This rather rare dress will not only grant you an achievement, but also increases the sexiness of your character by +500. Even on a female dwarf.

Razzo dell'Amore - This unique firework creates an impressive show in the sky complete with hearts!

Freccia Verargentata - This item teaches you to summon the non-combat pet Kwee Q. Peddlefeet! This rare little winged goblin can be yours as a permanent cute pet! Note that the Perma-Peddle achievement gained by obtaining him has been removed as a requirement for the Fool for Love meta achievement.

Pledges and Gifts of Friendship

Pledges and Gifts of Friendship can be obtained at any time if your character has already received a Pledge or Gift of Adoration and has the 'Adored' debuff. You can receive as many of these as you want, the only thing that will stop you is the occasional Heartbroken debuff but even that is removable. Pledges of Friendship are obtained from guard NPCs and Gifts of Friendship are obtained from non-guard NPCs. Pledges and Gifts of Friendship contain an assortment of items unique to the event.

Pledges of Friendship will only contain one of either of these two items:

City Gift Collections

The whole point behind collecting all of these pledges, cards and gifts is to create a Gift Collection for a particular city. Obtain five of each city's pledges, cards and gift item to create collections of each. Then combine all three of these items to create a Gift Collection for that city.

Upon creation of an individual city Gift Collection, you will receive a one hour buff which is different for each city. Orgrimmar/Darnassus Gift Collection creation will grant a +30 Agility buff, Undercity/Stormwind will grant a +30 Intellect buff, and Thunder Bluff/Ironforge will grant a +30 Stamina buff.

Depending which city you turned in the Gift Collection, the turn in will count as one 'point' in what is basically a popularity contest among the major city leaders. Whichever city's faction leader 'wins' will be accompanied by a Peddlefeet that will buff players. There is no other perk at all to turning in the Gift Collections - no reputation gain whatsoever and no reward other than items you can obtain simply through receiving Adoration pledges/gifts. There isn't even an achievement for creation or turn-in of any type of Gift Collection. Kind of a bum deal, but if getting into the spirit of holiday events are your thing - enjoy!

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Commento di Neutronimity

Oh that must have been very hard workCongrats on finishing it, MiyariSuch a shame my account is frozen and I can't do this fun stuff!

Commento di Fizzles

on 2009-02-11T11:53:20-06:00

I need to know something...The I Pitied the Fool achievement... Do you need to be INSIDE Naxxramas to get the Achievement, or outside, where the Minimap lists the location as Naxx?I'm only 74, and after missing out on the Elder title, I feel as though I need this.

Commento di Kataya

on 2009-02-11T11:55:57-06:00

This event makes me realise how lonely and unloved I am

Commento di blademeld

on 2009-02-11T11:58:32-06:00

Oh that must have been very hard workCongrats on finishing it, MiyariSuch a shame my account is frozen and I can't do this fun stuff!

^^

Commento di mindphlux

on 2009-02-11T12:02:39-06:00

Bouquet of Red Roses doesn't seem to drop anymore.

Commento di Cholzzon

on 2009-02-11T12:06:51-06:00

I need to know something...The I Pitied the Fool achievement... Do you need to be INSIDE Naxxramas to get the Achievement, or outside, where the Minimap lists the location as Naxx?I'm only 74, and after missing out on the Elder title, I feel as though I need this.

Yes, you have to be inside Naxxramas to get your Achievment, Sorry.

Commento di Ichimanako

on 2009-02-11T12:52:45-06:00

Nice and detail guide as always!

Commento di Garmheim

on 2009-02-11T13:13:06-06:00

The most obvious thing about the variety and complexity of the achievements for this World Event is how much time the people at Blizzard have on their hands. They need companionship and to get out more.

Commento di Malgayne

on 2009-02-11T13:14:58-06:00

Thank goodness she writes these things or I wouldn't have any achievements at all.

Commento di Femlock

on 2009-02-11T13:18:23-06:00

great guide:D

Commento di Liquoid

on 2009-02-11T13:22:22-06:00

<3 miyari

I'd ask you to be my Valentine, but i'd have to kill you since i'm Alliance

Commento di luckyllama

on 2009-02-11T13:23:00-06:00

I need to know something...The I Pitied the Fool achievement... Do you need to be INSIDE Naxxramas to get the Achievement, or outside, where the Minimap lists the location as Naxx?I'm only 74, and after missing out on the Elder title, I feel as though I need this.

MMO-Champion reports that you can do it just outside, at the stone, but I haven't verified that.

I believe the lower limit is level 75 for the Culling of Stratholme though, so you'll have to gain 1 level at least.

Commento di Lukalz

on 2009-02-11T13:23:35-06:00

Nice.. thx a lot

Commento di Fonjask

on 2009-02-11T13:29:40-06:00

Love these guides, thanks a lot for them!

Commento di Badboiz

on 2009-02-11T13:32:01-06:00

aye, thx alot miyari, wouldnt have done hardly ne of these world events if it wasnt for u :P 10/10 again

Commento di Huurka

on 2009-02-11T13:36:13-06:00

What's an Ice Stone?

"Ice Stone has smelted"

Commento di brnweird

on 2009-02-11T13:40:00-06:00

as it says in the starting paragraph(non combat pet). what pet is it? did see any detail in list